Goodbye Baratie
The Krieg Pirates took their captain and left the Baratie.
Only one that didn't was Gin.
He didn't decide to join the straw hat pirates, but the Krieg Pirates thought he betrayed them and left him there.
Now Luffy was serving his last day at the Baratie.
"So Gin! Are you going to join me and become a Straw Hat Pirate?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah, why not? Besides, I don't have anywhere else to go," Gin responded, "Plus, I might get to see more of the Grand Line this way, and maybe find any clue about my missing former crewmembers."
"Great, and if you want, I'll teach you how to use Haki!" Luffy said.
"Can you really teach me?" Gin asked.
"Of course! I was the one who taught Zoro and Usopp how to use it, and I taught my brothers how to use it," Luffy responded, "Surely I can teach you!"
"Okay, I'll take your offer to teach me how to use Haki," Gin responded.
"What about you Sanji?" Luffy asked.
"I told you I'm not joining!" Sanji yelled.
"Why not?" Luffy asked.
"It's not that I don't want to become a pirate. But I'll stay here and continue to be a chef at this restaurant until that old man accept my skills," Sanji explained.
"Alright," Luffy responded, "We'll just have to look for a chef somewhere else. But I do have one request before we leave!"
"What do you want?" Sanji responded.
"A bottle of Sake!" Luffy replied.
"What?" Sanji and Gin asked.
"It's a tradition I decided to set up. Whenever I gained a new crewmate, we share drinks from a bottle of alchohol," Luffy replied.
"Why?" Gin asked.
"It started when I was 7 and I was with my brothers: Ace and Sabo. Ace stole a bottle of alchohol from my foster mother and we drink from that bottle," Luffy explained, "Since then the three of us were brothers."
"Well it'll be honored to share drink with my new captain," Gin responded.
"Well, we'll have to wait until we catch up with the others," Luffy stated, "That way it'll be official by the whole crew."
"Makes sense," Gin agreed,
"Hey! Have you two heard of the All Blue?" Sanji asked.
"No," Luffy replied.
"Me either," Gin replied.
Sanji explained to them what he heard about the All Blue.
The three of them didn't noticed that Zeff was listening into their conversation.
…
Meal time came and everyone was eating.
"Hey! Where's our seats?" Sanji asked as he Luffy and Gin came in.
"There's no where to sit!" a chef replied.
"Just sit on the floor!" another said.
"Sit on the floor? What kind of restaurant is this?" Sanji asked.
They ended up eating on the floor.
"Pathetic Sanji," Gin said.
"Well, I can't help it," Sanji responded.
"Why are they looking so strange?" Luffy asked.
"They always look strange," Sanji responded.
"Hey! Who made this soup this morning?" Patty asked as he held up a bowl.
"I did! Isn't it good?" Sanji asked, "I worked very hard on it!"
"It's horrible! I can't eat it!" Patty yelled as he smashed the bowl on the ground, "It's worse than pig's food!"
"What?" Sanji asked clearly upset.
Gin and Luffy just watched.
"Hey! I didn't think your mouth is good enough for my food!" Sanji responded.
"Hmph! It makes me want to puke! It really sucks!" Patty explained.
"Excuse me, but today's soup was my special recipe! I think you have a problem with your tongue," Sanji responded.
"Ew bad!" Carne yelled after tasting it.
More chefs complained as they spilled the soup on the floors.
"What do you think you're doing?" Sanji yelled.
Then Zeff came out of nowhere and broke a bowl with soup.
"Honor!" the chefs responded.
"Old man!" Sanji responded
"This will be good," Gin responded.
"If I served that to my customers, my restaurant will go out of business. What is that tasteless soup?" Zeff asked.
"That's enough old man!" Sanji yelled as he got up and grabbed Zeff by the shirt, "Tell me! What's the difference between my soup and yours!"
"Compare my soup to yours?" Zeff asked and punched Sanji, "Stop dreaming!"
"Honor can punch?" Patty asked.
"It's it's too early to compare my food to yours kid! I have been cooking around the world!" Zeff lectured.
Sanji charged out of the room and slam the door shut.
"This soup is really good," Luffy said after eating the soup.
"We know," a chef said.
"Everyone here accept his food," another said.
"Even when he's really mad at us," a third one finished.
"If we don't do this, he won't listen," Zeff explained.
"Oh," Luffy respionded.
"Hey kid! Can you take that kid with you?" Zeff asked, "The Grand Line has always been his dream."
"Well, I already decided that if Sanji choose to join us or not, it's up to him," Luffy replied.
"I agree," Gin agreed.
…
Sanji was listening to everything that was said from outside.
"Hey! I can hear you!" Sanji cried.
Suddenly a large shark with someone in its mouth jumped out of the water.
It hit Sanji and broke into the restaurant.
…
Everyone saw the shark and Sanji break into the restaurant.
Many of the chefs wondered if it was a mermaid, due to the fact there was a man coming out of fish's mouth.
"Hey Luffy! Didn't that guy leave with your crew?" Gin asked.
"Yosaku?" Luffy asked.
"Luffy!" Yosaku greeted.
"Why are you here alone? Where are Nami and the others?" Luffy asked.
…
The chefs helped Yosaku out since he was injured and wet.
"I only know where ami went," Yosaku told Luffy.
"Then just go back and get her!" Luffy responded.
"But, if I'm right, the place she went is very dangerous," Yosaku explained.
"What do you mean?" Gin asked.
"Aren't you a member of Krieg Pirates?" Yosaku asked.
"I was," Gin replied.
"He changed sides and joined the Straw Hats," Luffy explained.
"Well, if I'm right, the place Nami is going too, is controlled by Arlong," Yosaku explained.
"The Fishman Pirate Arlong?" Gin asked.
"Who's Arlong?" Luffy asked.
"A pirate with a bounty bigger than Don Krieg," Gin explained.
"It's not just that," Yosaku responded, "If Arlong is there, we're going to need your power Luffy."
"Okay! Let's go!" Luffy responded.
"Wait!" someone yelled.
They turned to Sanji, who was listening.
"Take me with you," Sanji responded.
"Really?" Luffy asked.
"You want to become the greatest pirate, right? It mean that we both have crazy dreams. I will do what I want from now on," Sanji explained, "I will become your chef, and I'll let you teach me how to use Haki."
"Okay! Let's go!" Luffy yelled.
Luffy and Yosaku cheered as Sanji said his goodbyes with usual arguments.
"I'm not surprise you took onto Luffy's Haki training, Sanji," Zeff told Sanji.
…
The chefs got Luffy Sanji Yosaku and Gin a decent size boat for multiple people.
Sanji remembered when the restaurant was built.
Not too long after the restaurant was build, Sanji started smoking (A/N: wouldn't recommend under age smoking).
Now he was on the boat with his new shipmates saying good bye.
Patty and Carne tried to attack Sanji, but got beaten in return.
"Sanji!" Zeff yelled, "Take good care of yourself, and learn to use Haki wisely. It can save yours and your shipmate's lives one day."
Sanji started crying and bowed to him.
"Thank you! For everything you've done for me!" Sanji cried, "I will not forget you for the rest of my life!"
Zeff started crying as well.
Not just him but all the chefs started crying.
"See you later, idiots!" Sanji cried.
"Let's go!" Luffy yelled.
The 4 of them set sail after saying their goodbyes.